Thursday, January 15, 2004
Chelsea Old and New
I Watched Match of the Day last night to see Chelsea beat Watford 4-0. Chelsea weren't great but scored some classy goals and it was nice to see Damian Duff back from injury.
I hope they don't buy Louis Saha from Fulham - he certainly isn't as good as the players we already have. Hasselbaink, Crespo, Mutu, Gudjohnsen, even Mikael Forssell out on loan at Birmingham is a better bet.
If we're going to buy a striker, it has to be someone of the calibre of Christian Vieri - he may be getting on a bit but he's proved over the years that he can score anywhere he plays.
Watching the other main game, Leicester against Manchester City brought back memories of Chelsea of old, as Frank Sinclair made a series of howlers that eventually gifted the game to Man City.
I still have a bit of a soft spot for Chelsea old boy, Sinclair.
He's one of those players that most clubs have who make you wonder how he can possibly make a living playing football professionally, let alone at a high level, for years and years.
Whenever Frank was playing for Chelsea, he made me nervous. He was, like Chelsea, unpredictable. An excellent header of the ball, he was just as likely to blast the ball past his own goalie as clear it out to safety.
Over the years I've felt this way about many Chelsea defenders - Joey Jones, Graham Wilkins, Bernard Lambourde (to name 3 at random). It's always amazing that some other sucker is prepared to take them off your hands.
Seeing Frank play for Leicester last night it reminded me more of just of how far Chelsea have moved on than seeing the millionaires on display at Stamford Bridge.
I Watched Match of the Day last night to see Chelsea beat Watford 4-0. Chelsea weren't great but scored some classy goals and it was nice to see Damian Duff back from injury.
I hope they don't buy Louis Saha from Fulham - he certainly isn't as good as the players we already have. Hasselbaink, Crespo, Mutu, Gudjohnsen, even Mikael Forssell out on loan at Birmingham is a better bet.
If we're going to buy a striker, it has to be someone of the calibre of Christian Vieri - he may be getting on a bit but he's proved over the years that he can score anywhere he plays.
Watching the other main game, Leicester against Manchester City brought back memories of Chelsea of old, as Frank Sinclair made a series of howlers that eventually gifted the game to Man City.
I still have a bit of a soft spot for Chelsea old boy, Sinclair.
He's one of those players that most clubs have who make you wonder how he can possibly make a living playing football professionally, let alone at a high level, for years and years.
Whenever Frank was playing for Chelsea, he made me nervous. He was, like Chelsea, unpredictable. An excellent header of the ball, he was just as likely to blast the ball past his own goalie as clear it out to safety.
Over the years I've felt this way about many Chelsea defenders - Joey Jones, Graham Wilkins, Bernard Lambourde (to name 3 at random). It's always amazing that some other sucker is prepared to take them off your hands.
Seeing Frank play for Leicester last night it reminded me more of just of how far Chelsea have moved on than seeing the millionaires on display at Stamford Bridge.
